20.500.12556/RUL-178142 “But why??” evaluation of user‑suggested synonyms in the Thesaurus of Modern Slovene Various language resources employ user participation in creating a dictionary or evaluating data. An example is Thesaurus of Modern Slovene, which incorporates user participation by allowing users to suggest new synonyms and evaluate existing ones. This paper aims to establish what users of the Thesaurus consider relevant synonyms and capture diverse perspectives in the perceptions of synonymy between various user groups. To investigate this, an evaluation of nearly 1000 user-suggested synonyms is conducted by 42 evaluators representing seven user groups. The focus lies on cross-group analysis of the evaluation. The differences are evident in the evaluators’ comments, giving insight into user needs. We discuss the findings, e.g. the uneven distribution of reported issues, the need to include evaluators from different regions and age groups, or the similarities between Lexicographers and Students groups. We also address possible limitations and present potential applications of the results. In conclusion, the results demonstrate both the success of the responsive model and user participation and the continuing need for user studies to better understand how users interact with responsive dictionaries, and their expectations. collaborative lexicography user-suggested content language resources evaluation synonymy Thesaurus of Modern Slovene user study kolaborativna leksikografija uporabniški predlogi evalvacija jezikovnih virov sopomenskost Slovar sopomenk sodobne slovenščine uporabniške raziskave true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-01-19 16:49:11 2026-01-19 16:49:13 2026-01-20 04:23:59 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 2531–2563 iss. 3 Vol. 59 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 811.163.5'374:004 1574-020X 10.1007/s10579-025-09821-8 237419267 s10579-025-09821-8.pdf s10579-025-09821-8.pdf 1 70BC396A96D8584D04F3F097B8FDB953 e33aec057d7461c738c8f4611575b5f53e532edb9318f83c21071928fcece7b8 84a4fc4b-f54e-11f0-bf92-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=225716 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10579-025-09821-8 1 59317bbd-f54e-11f0-bf92-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=225715 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0